Here Come ‘The New Cavaliers!’

Members of the Sealed Knot, a society promoting interest in the English Civil War, fire muskets as they stage a reenactment of the Battle of Nantwich, a battle which took place near the town in 1644, in north west England on Jan. 25, 2020. The first modern re-enactment of the Battle of Nantwich took place in 1973 and has taken place every year since. In January 1643, Parliamentarians took the town of Namptwiche (Cheshires second town). By the end of December, the town was surrounded by Royalists and under siege. A Parliamentarian force marched south from Lancashire under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax and defeated the Royalists in the Battle of Namptwiche on Jan. 25, 1644. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

Travis Perry holds an MA in history and answers questions on the website Quora. I have just read his short answer comparing Roundheads and Cavaliers during the English Civil War (1642–1651), a war that pit Puritans against Royalists, supporters of Parliament versus supporters of the King, Bible thumpers versus aristocrats, the emerging gentry and middle classes against the hereditary landowners, those who espoused high culture and those who saw the world through the egalitarian eyes of the recently translated Old Testament. Simply put, the people against the ruling class.